Repeat display of characters 1

[MHThomas]

Hi,
I'm sure this must be simple, but I'm new to shell scripting. Is it possible to use a function to display a number of characters? Basically, I am trying to write a quick pictogram style graph to screen and want to print 10 #'s if 'a = 10'.
I know it would be easy to write a routine for this, but I'm sure there must already be a function.

Cheers,

Mark T.

 

[vgersh99]

nawk -v repeat=${a} 'BEGIN{$repeat=OFS="#";print}' vlad
+----------------------------+
| #include<disclaimer.h> |
+----------------------------+

 

[MHThomas]

Cheers Vlad.
Exactly what I needed.

Cheers,

Mark T.